Teachers Have Below Average Intelligence

WND has done some interesting math that demonstrates that teachers have below average intelligence:

In 2001, the National Center for Education Statistics reported the average SAT score for intended education majors to be 481 math and 483 verbal. Only those interested in vocational school, home economics and public affairs scored lower.

But while the SAT is considered to be a generally reliable intelligence test, the 2001 SAT is not the same SAT that many of us took prior to attending university. Those 2001 scores on the 1996 SAT, which was replaced this year by the New SAT 2005, are equivalent to pre-1996 SAT scores of 451 math and 403 verbal. In case any education majors are reading this, 451 plus 403 equals a cumulative score of 854.

Examining an SAT-to-IQ conversion chart calculated from Mensa entrance criteria, a combined 854 indicates that the average IQ of those pursuing an education major is 91, nine points lower than the average IQ of 100. In other words, those who can't read teach whole language.

I would have to agree with this assessment. Don't misunderstand me- I'm not saying that all teachers are idiots and lack below average IQ's. I'm just saying that most teachers I have met would not have been successful in construction, plumbing, high finance, law, or most other endevors. Myself, I only missed a single question on the MTTC tests (the teacher certification tests), but I know many teachers had to take them several times before they could get a passing score.

You all do realize that in order to teach a subject in school, you need 30 credits for a teaching major and 20 credits for a teaching minor. Some teachers teach in their minors- that means they took maybe 5 classes in the subject matter they are teaching, or less than one year of training. Can you imagine doing your job- nah, being an expert in your job and training others in it- with less than one year of training?

Schools really are the blind leading the blind, churning out masses of uneducated voters every day, who fall for Democrat memes easily because of their ignorance and stupidity.